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Rip Current Statement 70, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 18, 2018, 2:53 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 25 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2018, 2:53 AM CDT (07:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2018, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1003 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1513 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
123 WHUS42 KTAE 180753 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 353 AM EDT Mon Jun 18 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK ALONG THE WALTON AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES... FLZ108-112-190300- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0070.180618T0753Z-180619T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 353 AM EDT Mon Jun 18 2018 /253 AM CDT Mon Jun 18 2018/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through this evening. * SURF...2 to 4 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
1 follow-up statement
730 WHUS42 KTAE 181328 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 928 AM EDT Mon Jun 18 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR PANHANDLE BEACHES... FLZ114-190900- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0070.000000T0000Z-180619T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf- 928 AM EDT Mon Jun 18 2018 /828 AM CDT Mon Jun 18 2018/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through late tonight. * SURF...2 to 4 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$ FLZ108-112-190900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0070.000000T0000Z-180619T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 928 AM EDT Mon Jun 18 2018 /828 AM CDT Mon Jun 18 2018/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * SURF...2 to 4 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.